BDNF injected into the superior colliculus reduces developmental retinal ganglion cell death

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2097-2107

  Ma, Yun Tao ^a   Hsieh, Ted ^a   Forbes, M Elizabeth ^b   Johnson, James E ^b   Frost, Douglas O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Cell death; Development; Hamster; Neurotrophin; Pyknosis; Retina; Visual system

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032520838     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-06-02097.1998     Document Type: Article

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